Two trips to Target for dorm supplies

Items purchased: two 20-pack hangers, 4-pack of Scotch tape, two 3-drawer storage carts, one alarm clock.

A trip to Linens 'n Things for dorm supplies

Items purchased: two 21-gallon storage bins, three 12-inch table fans, one set of twin sheets, one set of xl twin sheets, ceramic canisters.

A trip to Staples for dorm supplies

Items purchased: paper clips, Bic-matic 0.7 pencils, Swingline staples, computer printer paper, two 6-outlet power strips, post-it notes, poster tape, two 1-hole punches, two 50-pack CDR spindles, two ethernet cords, one 60-pack Write Bros. ball point pens/black, one 6-pack spiral bound notebooks, thumb tacks.

A trip to Ikea for dorm supplies

Items purchased: one Andrea Kakal comforter cover, one Bibbi Snurr comforter covers, two Plaggis Organizers, one dokument letter organizer, one Fusa mirror, one Hanna Slinga, one Hanna Blomma, one Skruvsta swivel chair, one Trensum mirror, five pillows.

A trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond for dorm supplies

Items purchased: six bath towels, six hand towels, two shower caddies, two clip on desk lamps, two eggshell foam mattress pads, cork board tiles, removable wall hooks.

A trip to Costco for dorm supplies

Items purchased: a stapler, multipacks of toothpaste, Lubriderm, tampons, toothpaste, and dental floss, dry roasted almonds, a case of perrier, multipack of orbit gum, athletic socks, gummy vitamins, AA batteries, microwave popcorn, contact solution, neosporin, band-aids, soap, dryer sheets, swisspers.

Book Lust, I mean List

My lovely sister-in-law passed along to me four books she thought I’d enjoy. She and I share a love of memiors so I was not surprised to find that all the books she lent me were memiors. As I placed them on the, (already pretty full) ”books I want to read” bookshelf I started thinking about other memiors I’ve read and loved. Here, in no particular order, are ten of my favorites:

Truth and Beauty: A Friendship, Ann Patchett

Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy

Drinking: A Love Story, Carolyn Knapp

When all the World was Young, Barbara Holland

The Color of Water, James McBride

Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes (it’s nothing like the movie)

Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller

The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

Bird by Bird - Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott

All Over but the Shoutin’, Rick Bragg